<p>Acts of Making is a city-wide two-week festival that celebrates contemporary craft through performances, live installations and workshops – all linked to works by internationally exhibiting artists, Catherine Bertola, Keith Harrison, Owl Project, Mah Rana, Clare Twomey and Richard William Wheater.</p> <p>The performance took place over the course of five days during the festival – 500 unfired clay pots were gradually filled with water, leading to their slow disintegration and loss of function – commenting on the futility of human action, with students from our Design Crafts programmes performing in Clare Twomey's place.</p>

<p>Acts of Making was a Crafts Council Touring Project delivered in partnership with Plymouth City Council (Arts and Heritage) and Plymouth College of Art and was a great opportunity for our students to get involved with international designer-makers and show Plymouth as a hub of creativity.</p> <p>Our crafts students were involved in the performance, taking turns to pour the water into the clay pots systematically throughout the five days, doing so in complete silence.</p> <p>Our craft season continues with our <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/events"> Sleight of Hand</a> exhibition – a touring exhibition of work by members of The Association for Contemporary Jewellery – showcasing work from as far afield as Vienna and Australia. Open in our Gallery on Monday 16 November to Saturday 12 December 2015.</p> <p><strong>Photos by Sarah Packer, BA (Hons) Photography graduate.</strong></p>